Do you support the idea of moving ahead with small nuclear reactors?

I will look forward to a private discussion with Senator Sanders, and I would love to present him with the National Academy of Sciences study that shows just the reverse.

I will be asking you about what you intend to do about that; what your manner and attitude will be in terms of leadership.

I too believe it is important for our country to have a full complement of members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

I know that my entire chain of command believes in one thing and one thing only and that is what is best for the veteran.

As Senator Tester has introduced the bill, we think it is an important bill, obviously from Alaska's perspective.

Why do we not just consolidate all those labor and training programs for veterans and just put them under veterans programs?

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In my very strong opinion, the role of the NRC is not to represent Entergy or any other nuclear power company against Vermont or against any other State; it is to ensure the strongest safety standards possible at nuclear plants.

I believe, again, that the NRC's job is to protect the public and be a strong and fair regulator, without bias in favor of or against the nuclear industry.

Another very, very important issue that I hope we deal with in the near future has to do with the issue of transparency at the NRC.

To the best of my knowledge, in terms of the production of new electricity, nuclear power is the most expensive form of new generation.

I think he has done a good job, and I will tell you what I am upset about.

I happen to agree with Jaczko on that.

I think it is time to move. And in fact, if I do not see changes at the NRC in terms of the voting process, I am going to offer legislation to mandate that that happen.

I will offer legislation to mandate that, and I hope I can have bipartisan support for that.